gzdoom does not function, simply displays "Cannot find gzdoom.pk3"

[mayhair]

Is this a new report?

Yes

System Info

Void 6.5.5_2 x86_64 GenuineIntel uptodate FFFFFFFFFF

Package(s) Affected

gzdoom-4.11.0_1

Does a report exist for this bug with the project's home (upstream) and/or another distro?

No response

Expected behaviour

A window prompting to select a folder where .wad files (DOOM engine games) are stored pops up.

Actual behaviour

A window pops up, simply saying "Cannot find gzdoom.pk3". The only option is "exit".

Steps to reproduce

1. Make a fresh installation of gzdoom.
2. Launch it.

[SpidFightFR]

'sup i had this issue, basically since a recent release, GZDoom Devs removed by default a line in a conf file that allows gzdoom to search for pk3 files.

To solve this, head over to ~/.config/gzdoom/gzdoom.ini and add Path=$HOME/.config/gzdoom to both IWAD.directories and FileSearch.directories.

It will solve this issue.
Edit: imma work on a patch to add this line automatically, in a near future.

[mayhair]

I still get the problem even after adding those lines to the config file. In my case at least, gzdoom.pk3 is stored in /usr/share/gzdoom, so the problem is fixed if I add Path=/usr/share/gzdoom to those sections instead.

[SpidFightFR]

Oh right! Sorry yes it depends on your install. 😅

[ahesford]

Seems this has been fixed in a prior update.

[SpidFightFR]

Yep i added a patch to fix this issue in the latest update of GZDoom.

The GZDoom devs don't seem to have configured the search of files in the correct directory by default.